Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner to be the No. 1 seeds on the 2024 Nationwide Financial institution Open
[TORONTO AND MONTREAL] Monday, July 29, 2024 – At this time, Tennis Canada introduced the highest seeds for the 2024 Nationwide Financial institution Open introduced by Rogers (NBO) in Toronto and Montreal. On the WTA Tour, Iga Swiatek of Poland headlines the participant area in Toronto because the No. 1 seed, holding the highest spot within the WTA rankings because the starting of the calendar yr. On the boys’s facet, World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy will enter Montreal as the very best seeded participant. He climbed to the highest of the ATP rankings earlier this yr after reaching the ultimate of Roland-Garros. The seedings forward of the 2024 Nationwide Financial institution Open observe the ATP and WTA’s official rankings as of as we speak, July 29, 2024.
In Toronto, Swiatek enters the sector on the NBO because the top-ranked participant for the third straight yr, along with her eyes set on her first Canadian title. The four-time French Open champion will likely be in powerful competitors, with second-seeded Coco Gauff of america returning to the match as a US Open champion and searching for to higher her 2023 singles results of reaching the quarter-finals final yr in Montreal. Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, Italian celebrity Jasmine Paolini, and reigning NBO champion Jessica Pegula (USA) are additionally among the many prime seeds in Toronto this August.
“This can be a very sturdy participant checklist — in actual fact, the strongest one we’ve ever had in an Olympic yr,” stated Karl Hale, Event Director of the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Toronto. “With the whole checklist of the WTA Tour’s prime 16 gamers becoming a member of us at Sobeys Stadium this yr, headlined by Swiatek, Gauff, and Sabalenka, the match might go in any route. The assist surrounding tennis this yr has been overwhelmingly optimistic, and followers are in for an actual deal with with the expertise touching down in Canada this August.”
In Montreal, Sinner, who grew to become the primary Italian participant to succeed in the highest of the rankings, will likely be defending his 2023 NBO title on the IGA Stadium courts as the highest seed. He’s having fun with the very best season of his profession, with 4 titles already to his identify, together with his first Grand Slam crown on the Australian Open. It received’t be a simple highway to the title for Sinner, with the potential of dealing with Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (No. 3 seed), four-time Grand Slam champion, and Novak Djokovic (No. 2 seed), 24-time Grand Slam champion and five-time NBO winner, who will likely be making his return to Montreal for the primary time since 2015. Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev, two former NBO champions, spherical out the Prime 5 seeds.
“This yr’s important draw will likely be an important mixture of youth and expertise. With a line-up of seeded gamers that’s extra proficient than ever, the match we’re about to witness guarantees to be extraordinarily thrilling and extremely aggressive,” stated Valérie Tétreault, Event Director of the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal. “Followers can have the possibility to witness matches which can be already shaping as much as be intense and filled with emotion. I’m trying ahead to the official draw ceremony – scheduled to happen on August 3 – to find the first-round matchups and to see the tales of this yr’s match start to unfold!”
Canadians competing in the primary draw Félix Auger-Aliassime, world No. 19, and Leylah Annie Fernandez, world No. 25. would be the top- ranked Canadian gamers in singles, whereas Gabriela Dabrowski – ranked No. 3 on the planet in doubles – will paved the way for Canada within the doubles draw. Dabrowksi received her first girls’s doubles Grand Slam on the 2023 US Open and was just lately a Wimbledon finalist with teammate
Erin Routliffe. Bianca Andreescu, Denis Shapovalov, Rebecca Marino and Marina Stakusic may also be collaborating within the match’s important draw, which will get underway on Tuesday August 6. The official draw ceremonies for the Nationwide Financial institution Open will happen on Saturday, August 3 at 4:30 p.m. (Montreal – ATP) and 5 p.m. (Toronto – WTA).
The whole checklist of seeds is listed under:
NATIONAL BANK OPEN PRESENTED BY ROGERS (TORONTO)
SEEDING PLAYER RANKING
1 Iga Swiatek (POL) 1
2 Coco Gauff (USA) 2
3 Aryna Sabalenka 3
4 Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 4
5 Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 5
6 Jessica Pegula (USA) 6
7 Qinwen Zheng (CHN) 7
8 Maria Sakkari (GRE) 8
9 Danielle Collins (USA) 9
10 Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 10
11 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 11
12 Daria Kasatkina 12
13 Liudmila Samsonova 13
14 Madison Keys (USA) 14
15 Emma Navarro (USA) 15
16 Ons Jabeur (TUN) 16
NATIONAL BANK OPEN PRESENTED BY ROGERS (MONTREAL)
SEEDING PLAYER RANKING
1 Jannik Sinner (ITA) 1
2 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2
3 Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 3
4 Alexander Zverev (GER) 4
5 Daniil Medvedev 5
6 Alex De Minaur (AUS) 6
7 Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 7
8 Andrey Rublev 8
9 Casper Ruud (NOR) 9
10 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 10
11 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 11
12 Taylor Fritz (USA) 12
13 Tommy Paul (USA) 13
14 Ben Shelton (USA) 14
15 Ugo Humbert (FRA) 15
16 Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 16